Camping

We decided to go camping a couple weeks ago. It was the first time we ever took both of the kids. They did really well. We went to McCormicks Creek. It verged on being too cold, but with a heater in the tent at night we did ok.

The kids rode their bikes and played at the playground. Belle even made some friends and played soccer with them. The kids were such troopers on the hikes. Although the last day we found ourselves on a really steep trail. Nic and I were having a hard enough time climbing the trail ourselves and we weren't about to carry any kids. So we ended up bribing the kids with cookies to get to the top. It worked. Poor little Ethan with the shortest legs did awesome.

Jam packed weekend

Man we crammed a lot into this weekend. First we started off at Appleworks. This has been an annual trip. It was sooo busy, but atleast the kids were in a picture taking mood. We were able to ride the tractor back to the pumpkin patch and pick out a pumpkin each.

We ran into our friend Kelly and her family. Once Belle and Michaela saw each other they were inseparable.

Afterwards we came home and let Ethan take a nap while Belle and I made stops to get her hair cut and too the toy store.

We actually managed to get a family picture.


Ethan got to ride the train this year.


Getting Bigger. Check out last year's post to see how much they've grown.










Once it started getting dark, we headed to Kelsay Farms and the kids played in the kiddie hay maze and rolled around in the corn. The kids could've probably played in the corn for hours. Then we took our flashlights and went through the big corn maze. I was surprised, Belle was a little scared, but not enough to stop. But Ethan, I think he could've gone on by himself and not cared where we were. He was loving it.

Then as if that was enough to put in a weekend, we decided to go to the Children's museum. That was sort of crazy going by yourself with two kids. Actually more than 2 kids, Jamie and Ariel came with us along with their kiddos.





The boys would've stood there all day I think.


Sliding on their bellies like penquins


Belle and Olivia at the Barbie exhibit

Ethan is 2!!

Ethan turned two last weekend. Its hard to believe but I definitely don't have a baby in the house anymore. I took him to his two year check up and when we got back in the room I started taking his clothes off to be weighed. Only to find out that he didn't have to get on the baby scale anymore. Ethan did a great job standing on the scale and then stood perfectly up against the wall to have his height measured.

His party was last Saturday. I was going to have the party at the park like last year, but it turned out to be a cold and rainy day. So we had the party at the house.



I'm so bummed that I didn't get a group shot of the kids like last year.




Brody figured out what he wants Santa to bring this year.




Ethan didn't get a nap the whole day. So after the last person left and we came back in the house, this is what we found.

Tap

I was able to video Belle's tap class for the first time tonight. She's taking the class with a friend of ours, Olivia. All the girls were acting really hyper and crazy, but I think Belle did pretty good for the most part. I think the routine will be cute by the end of the year. I'm already wondering what the costumes will look like. Little Sailor outfits maybe?



About halfway through this video you'll see a little girl try to take Olivia's square. It was pretty funny to watch Olivia fight over her personal space.

The cat is out of the bag

Well a couple weeks ago I saw some free kittens at a garage sale around the corner. That was Thursday and for some reason I could not stop thinking about these darn cats so we drove back by on Saturday and sure enough there were still two left. Two gray tabby cats, one boy and one girl. The boy jumped right out and was friendly while the girl had to be pulled out for us to see. Nic didn't particularly want a boy, but we took him.

Now some of you may remember our last cat incident. Well I feel fairly confident that this cat will NOT be like Kiki. The poor thing lets the kids drag him around like a doll and he always wants to snuggle. Unfortunately sometimes its snuggling with my face at 5am.

Meet Remy